appraise v. understand v. think

[hhtt21]

"An armed truce followed while each appraised her startling choice of vocabulary."

Does appraise used above mean that they tried to understand those vocabulary?

https://books.google.com.tr/books?i...ed her startling choice of vocabulary&f=false by John le Carre

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[GoesStation]

"An armed truce followed while each appraised her startling choice of vocabulary."

Does appraise used above mean that they tried to understand [STRIKE]those[/STRIKE] that vocabulary?

Not exactly. It means they thought about the words she used, the choice of which surprised them. They were probably wondering why she picked those words instead of more common ones.

 

[hhtt21]

Not exactly. It means they thought about the words she used, the choice of which surprised them. They were probably wondering why she picked those words instead of more common ones.

Can appraise mean here consider in a comprehensive way?

Thank you.

 

[andrewg927]

It just means to evaluate her word choice. It doesn't mention whether the evaluation is comprehensive.